My Heart and Its Borders

KB Brookins on change, gym bros, and the stories that haven't been told. 

Drew Ackerman on insomnia, late-night radio, and soothing his inner cynic. 

Shin Yu Pai on professional breakup, desert art, and love in the archive. 

‏My guest for this new episode is my friend Tamar Haddad who's 24 years old from Palestine. You'll hear about Tamar's childhood in Jerusalem, her student life in English language and literature at Bethlehem University and now in California Lutheran University where she's studying ... Show More

Join Diana Buttu as she engages in a captivating conversation with the renowned Palestinian political cartoonist and author, Mohammad Sabaaneh. Delve into the world of Sabaaneh's mesmerizing black-and-white illustrations that powerfully depict the daily oppression endured by Pale ... Show More

Is there a link between the colonization of Palestinian lands and the enclosing of Palestinian minds? The Palestinian Idea: Film, Media, and the Radical Imagination (Temple University Press, 2019) argues that it is precisely through film and media that hope can occasionally emerg ... Show More

Khaled Elgindy is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute where he also directs MEI’s Program on Palestine and Israeli-Palestinian Affairs. He is the author of the book, Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Trump. In this episode we talk about the intern ... Show More

Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. To learn more about Susan Abulhawa here. To check out the Palestine Writes Literature Festival click here. Thank you for listening to 'This is Palestine'!  Follow our host Diana Buttu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dianabuttu  Follo ... Show More

Noa Shaindlinger's Displacement and Erasure in Palestine: The Politics of Hop (Edinburgh UP, 2023) explores the ways in which Palestinians negotiate physical and symbolic erasures by producing their own archives and historical narratives. With a focus on the city of Jaffa and its ... Show More